re: What keeps you up at night?(Posted by fr33manator on 1/30/13 at 1:06 am to Tom288)

quote:Childish

Not at all.

quote:Laughable even?

Not even a little bit. The mind craves purpose. Some even theorize that the brain doesn't really sleep...it just goes somewhere else. So, if you lead it somewhere, it is less apt to wander.

I often imagine myself somewhere where I can't move. In a foxhole pinned down by enemy fire. Trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building. What have you. Then I paint a picture of why i'm there. I write a story, create characters, etc.

I'm naturally a thinker. I spend all day with my mind wondering about this and that. Random shite.

The uncertainty of the future is one of my biggest fears. Whether it be relationships, family, professional success... Any time I get some down time during the day I begin thinking about my life. As soon as I start getting tired and slow down for the day and head to bed, I know I'll be laying there for a few hours just thinking about everything. Lately it's been relationships. Before that it was about my professional future. I find that over time I begin to get a very strong understanding about things that most people don't even think about, much less try to understand. Give me enough time, and I can tell you exactly why someone will do what they do. Its amazing what your brain can do when all you're doing is thinking.